Looking Back on March 4: ‘No LHS-ELH game unless in the final’

Lewiston Evening Journal for March 4, 1933

100 Years Ago: 1923

Although the warm weather prevented the afternoon activities of the Bates carnival Saturday, the general committee held the grand masquerade in Chase Hall, and the closing event of the fourth carnival was a great success. Following the grand march and the awarding of prizes for the most striking costumed, dancing was enjoyed until 10 o’clock.

The prize for the most fancy couple went to Walter Johnson and Helen Chase. The couple were strikingly dressed in a colonial costume. The most comic lady of the party was found to be Viviene Rogers, arrayed as a Parisian gentleman. Carl Steady was declared the most comic gentleman when he appeared in a lady’s costume. Harris Palmer masqueraded as a Mandarin was entitled to the prize for the most fancy gentleman.

Miss Hagel Monteith,‘23, in the role of a governess, and two of her classmates, Ruth Leader and Jeanie Bachelin, masqueraded as her children, won the admiration of the entire gathering and she was awarded the prize for the most unique costume.

50 Years Ago: 1973

A Lewiston High School junior Terry Plourde, 16, says she will send her POW bracelet back to Capt. Robert A. Abbott, who was captured April 30, 1967. Terry is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Plourde, Russell St., Lewiston.

25 Years Ago: 1998

The fifth annual “Dummy Downhill” will be held at 11 a.m. at Titcomb Mountain on Saturday, March 7.

The event challenges participants to create a life size sculpture on skis and then race their dummy down the main slope of the mountain. The dummies are judged in categories including most creative, best engineering, farthest distance, fastest time, and best overall.

The event starts with a parade through Farmington at 10 a.m. that will be organized at Mallett School, followed by the race at 11 a.m. A small fee will be charged for entries. Spectators are invited to join in on the fun. For more information, contact Rick Hardy.

The material used in Looking Back is produced exactly as it originally appeared although misspellings and errors may be corrected.